"I'm Islam, Islam does not kill people '

What did I hang on my bike? That thought the Roosendaal lawyer Mark Broere (26) when he was called and asked to come immediately to office by the police in June. ,, I had to drop everything I was doing. They wanted Marjan (*) interrogations immediately. ''

Broere had a day earlier sat at the first hearing of Marjan. ,, That in itself was special because the picket notification stated in Article 140a: participation in a terrorist organization.Which do not often take as a criminal lawyer. My surprise was even bigger when I first saw Marjan come in a typical Dutch girl. Is this it? '

Attacks
Broere as the second night walk into the police station, he immediately feels the tension.Two detectives taking him aside, whatever is special, and talk to him. ,, They said that summit would have been by the police in the Netherlands with foreign services. Everyone was brought into the highest state of readiness. The Marjan phone they found reports of IS fighters who would travel to the Netherlands and Belgium. There were concrete indications of attacks. ''

Broere felt the stress: ,, They said: We understand your role as a lawyer. But keep in mind that there are hundreds of lives are at stake. Your client can invoke the right to remain silent, but is that a wise choice considering the possible consequences? ""

The lawyer was in a dilemma: ,, I'm a lawyer, I'm here for the interests of my client, not for the state. That is my role in society. But I am also a human being. I presented the possibilities Marjan: denial, silence either help the police and explain everything, which can have criminal consequences. She chose convinced the latter. We could so great suspicion perspective that women themselves would want to assassinate the Efteling. That was the boys bragging. ''

Interrogated
Marjan "in four or five hearings also interrogated about Efteling '. ,, It was a serious suspicion. But it has never been concretely, otherwise she was never suspended from remand after six weeks. ''

The police suspect the woman converted to Islam, according to the lawyers that she wanted to travel through Turkey to Syria to marry an IS-warrior. It would also prove that they have paid more than 1,000 euros to him (under pressure), which the OM can explain as financial support to a terrorist organization. Marjan denies the allegations. Broere: ,, She says I'm Islam and Islam does not kill people. '

* Marjan is a fictitious name.

By: NOS Editors: Photo: Reuters